"This book brings together empirical research, theoretical concepts, and the various approaches in the design and discovery of new materials, highlighting optimization tools and soft computing methods"--
Contributors in a wide range of fields explore computational approaches to designing new material that have become possible with growing awareness of the correlation between a material's composition, microstructure, process, and property and between the electronic, atomic, and microstructural scales. Among their topics are ab initio-based stochastic simulations of kinetic processes on surfaces, micro-mechanical and finite element modeling for composites, imprecise knowledge and fuzzy modeling in materials domain, artificial neural network and its application in the steel industry, and modeling steel making processes. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The development of new and superior materials is beneficial within industrial settings, as well as a topic of academic interest. By using computational modeling techniques, the probable application and performance of these materials can be easily evaluated. Computational Approaches to Materials Design: Theoretical and Practical Aspects brings together empirical research, theoretical concepts, and the various approaches in the design and discovery of new materials. Highlighting optimization tools and soft computing methods, this publication is a comprehensive collection for researchers, both in academia and in industrial settings, and practitioners who are interested in the application of computational techniques in the field of materials engineering.
